Who created "A Woman from Savoy"?

A Woman from Savoy was created by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus|Edme Bouchardon in 1742.

What medium is "A Woman from Savoy"?

A Woman from Savoy is Etching with some engraving.

Is "A Woman from Savoy" in the public domain?

Yes, A Woman from Savoy is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

A Woman from Savoy

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus|Edme Bouchardon

1742

Medium

Etching with some engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 5/8 in. (23.4 x 16.9 cm) Image: 8 9/16 x 6 5/8 in. (21.8 x 16.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.600.588(43)

Tags

Women

Art Historical Context

**A Woman from Savoy** (1742) is a delicate etching with some engraving by Anne Claude Philippe Tubières, comte delus, after a design by the renowned sculptor Edme Bouch. Measuring just over 9 by 6 inches, this print captures the poised likeness of a woman from the Savoy region in the western Alps, now spanning parts of France, Italy, Switzerland. Created during the elegant Rococo era in France, it reflects the period's fascination with picturesque regional types and everyday elegance, blending portraiture with ethnographic curiosity. Caylus, an aristocratic antiquarian and skilled engraver, ...

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